Saltline has announced the release of Liść-step, a step sequencer/LFO controlled state variable filter effect plug-in for Windows.
Liść-step is a simple state variable filter. The cutoff frequency can be controlled in 2 ways, via the 16 step sequencer or low frequency oscillator. Liść-step allows the user to quickly create modulated filter patterns with ease.
Liść-step is the first effect plug-in in Saltline’s Drzewo series of plug-ins.Liść-step features
- State variable filter
- Low pass, High pass, Band pass, Band reject.
- Frequency cut off.
- Resonance.
- Step sequencer (output to filter frequency).
- 16 step sequencer.
- Sequencer rate.
- Step amount.
- Sequence direction (forwards, backwards, back and forth 1 and 2).
- Glide amount.
- Amount to cut off.
- Low frequency oscillator (ouput to filter frequency).
- 5 waveforms (sine, saw, ramp, triangle, square).
- Square waveform width (pulse).
- LFO rate (free or sync to host).
- Wave position.
- Amount to cut off.
- Output
Liść-step is available to download as a freeware VST effect plug-in. Donations are appreciated.
More information: Saltline / Liść-step
New Sonic Arts has updated its Nuance sampler instrument for Windows and Mac to version 1.002.
Nuance proudly stands out against the crowd of complex and cumbersome samplers. In contrast, Nuance’s streamlined and intuitive approach will boost your productivity, while the limitless modulation possibilities will inspire you to create new sounds – fast.
Changes in Nuance v1.002
- Tempo Sync LFO.
- User definable max polyphony (click on voice display).
- CPU load optimisations.
Nuance for Windows and Mac (VST/AU) is available to purchase for the introductory price of 49 EUR until March 31st, 2013 (regular 70 EUR).
More information: New Sonic Arts / Nuance
sonicLAB has released version 2.1 of the Cosmosƒ, a stochastic synthesis tool for Windows and Mac.
Cosmosƒ, an advanced stochastic synthesizer offering elegant sound design possibilities with precision and real time operations, suggesting a new paradigm in sound synthesis while extending its polyphonic structure.
Cosmosƒ 2.1 comes with new LFO waveforms.Changes in Cosmosƒ v2.1
- Wide range of new LFO waveforms from harmonic oscillators to different types of stochastic waveforms, all with pristine quality of audio results.
- The sample playback engine allows backwards or randomly directed sample playback
- The presets engine is rewritten and allows text based handling.
- Many tiny improvements on the user interface for better handling of the sofware.
- Cosmosƒ V2.1 audio routines are solid and stable, to run safely your installation days long.
Cosmosƒ is available to purchase for Windows and Mac, priced at 89 EUR.
More information: sonicLAB
Xfer Records has updated its LFOTool effect plugin for Windows and Mac to version 1.1.
LFOTool is an FX utility plug-in for VST and AudioUnit hosts for both Macintosh OS X® and Windows®. It empowers music producers to create tremolo, auto-pan, trance-gate, side-chain compressor simulation, and dubstep-type wobble effects with minimal effort.
Sculpt custom LFO curves and shapes with Xfer’s LFOTool plug-in.Changes in LFOTool v1.1
- Added: 81 new Filter Types (Ladder filters/SVF-II, morphing filters/flangers/phases/combs/ring-mod/EQ/more).
- Added: dry/wet for all filter types, drive and variation controls.
- Added: ‘playable’ filter cutoff from MIDI notes (enable Pitch>Cutoff option in MIDI panel).
- Added: Envelope mode – for re-triggering the graph by MIDI, but to have it play once and stop, just like an envelope.
- Added: sync timing offset (very left, in middle of GUI) for adjusting for unreported sync latency (e.g. Ableton Live).
- Added: Automation control over the first 8 graph points (X,Y,Curve) as VST Parameters.
- Added: switchable Waveform Scope Display, allows you to have a tempo-synced oscilloscope and view the dry/wet simultaneously.
- Added: drag-export button for dragging MIDI CC clips directly to host MIDI tracks.
- Added: MIDI out for AudioUnits using the IAC Bus.
- Added: Mono->Mono option added for AudioUnits.
- Added: user can specify a default preset as a starting point in config file, for faster workflow.
- Added: MIDI CC thinning option in config file (separate values for real-time and MIDI File export).
- Added: LFO Depth control, useful for automating the all LFO overall depths, without losing your assigned relative depth values.
- Improvement: AudioUnit to prevent namespace conflict with other Symbiosis-based plugins.
- Improvement: LFO->Volume and LFO->Pan are now a “per-sample process” (greater time resolution).- increased mouseover/click radius for selecting points.
- Additional presets.
LFOTool is available to purchase for $49.95 USD. The update is free for all registered users.
More information: Xfer / LFOTool
Cableguys has announced version 1.2.1 of MidiShaper, the modulation effect plugin for Windows and Mac.
Four LFOs and four envelope generators work together in a sophisticated modulations matrix that can be set up to output modulated pitch, modwheel, channel aftertouch or any MIDI control messages.
MidiShaper brings Curve’s flexible yet powerful LFOs and envelopes to all your favorite synthesizers and effects.Changes in MidiShaper v1.2.1
- In many cases, assigning more than one modulation target was broken. Fixed.
- The envelopes ignored most Note-Off messages. Fixed.
- Routing multiple LFOs or envelopes to the same modulation target did not add modulations correctly any more. Fixed.
MidiShaper for Windows and Mac (VST/AU) is available to purchase for 20 EUR / $30 USD incl. VAT.
Cableguys has also released Beta 13 of its Curve 2 software synthesizer, introducing some fixes for modwheel and aftertouch.
More information: Cableguys / MidiShaper
Cableguys has updated its MidiShaper plug-in for Windows and Mac to version 1.2.
MidiShaper brings Curve’s flexible yet powerful LFOs and envelopes to all your favorite synthesizers and effects. The new version gives you more opportunties to integrate your devices: It can receive MIDI not only directly from the host sequencer, but also via MIDI ports, allows you to define MIDI channels for input and output and to limit its LFO-triggering to a single note.
And we’ve added a snap-to-grid function to MidiShaper’s waveform editor.
MidiShaper is available to purchase for 20 EUR / $30 USD.
More information: Cableguys / MidiShaper
